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An ideological contest of ideas - capitalism vs. communism
The Electoral College should remain the same for various reasons. First, if it were not for the Electoral College, large states, such as California, would largely control the nation. The Electoral College is designed to maximize states' rights. For example, if the U.S. were a direct democracy, Hillary Clinton would have been elected as our president, even though approximately 90% states supported Trump. With the Electoral College, each state has 2-3 Electors for each Political Party. If the majority of the state votes for Hillary, the democratic electors for that specific state get the vote. If the majority of the state votes for Trump, the Republican electors get the vote. The system is designed to maximize sates' rights and avoid impulsive, mass decisions.
Municipal. municipal is like the city police or the towns chamber of commerce or mayor
It was Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were convicted of giving U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. This was considered to be a very high form of treason.
The major conditions that helped lead to Clinton's election to office in 1992 was the state of the American economy. With the weakening of the American economy President Bush was unable to win re-election even though he had strong support following the U.S.' victory in the Gulf War.